In this course you will engage in a series of challenges designed to increase your own happiness and build more productive habits. As preparation for these tasks, Professor Laurie Santos reveals misconceptions about happiness, annoying features of the mind that lead us to think the way we do, and the research that can help us change. You will ultimately be prepared to successfully incorporate a specific wellness activity into your life.
THE SCIENCE OF WELL BEING WAS PRODUCED IN PART DUE TO THE GENEROUS FUNDING OF THE DAVID F. SWENSEN FUND FOR INNOVATION IN TEACHING.

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Laurie Santos

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In this activity, we're going to focus on kindness, the simple act of doing something nice. Why are we focusing on kindness? Well as we saw in lecture, the simple act of doing a random act of kindness, can come with a host of positive benefits. Doing nice stuff for others can increase our mood, and it can also increase our feelings of social connection. How do you make the most of this activity? Well, you just gotta nice stuff for people. Try to do at least one random active kindness a day, it could be something big like donating money or volunteering in your community. Or it can be something small like giving somebody a compliment or just doing something nice. As usual, we want you to track what you did, so get out there and do something nice, it'll make you feel better than you expect.